Women's Premier League, Match 13: Ahuja leads the way for RCB

Kanika Ahuja lead the way to see Royal Challengers Bangalore to a 5 wicket win over UP Warriorz today.

Match Summary

Women's Premier League, Match 13

UP Warriorz 135/10 (19.3 ov)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women 136/5 (18 ov)

Result - Royal Challengers Bangalore Women won by 5 wickets

SCORECARD

It was a nightmare start for UP Warriorz as they lost both openers within the first over at the hands of Sophie Devine (2/23).

Things only went from bad to worse as wickets continued to tumble, Grace Harris (46) being the stand-out for the batters.

UP Warriorz made it in at 135 as they were bowled all out for the RCB batters to clean-up.

Despite an early wicket from Deepti Sharma it was too much of a challenge for the UP Warriorz bowlers, as Kanika Ahuja (46) lead the way.

Royal Challengers Bangalore walked away with a 5 wicket win.

Match Stats

UP Warriorz Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Devika Vaidya - 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Alyssa Healy - 0.6 ov), 3-5 (Tahlia McGrath - 1.6 ov), 4-29 (Kiran Prabhu Navgire - 6.2 ov), 5-31 (Simran Shaikh - 8.1 ov), 6-100 (Deepti Sharma - 15.1 ov), 7-101 (Grace Harris - 15.3 ov), 8-112 (Shweta Sehrawat - 17.2 ov), 9-133 (Anjali Sarvani - 19.2 ov), 10-135 (Sophie Ecclestone - 19.3 ov)

Royal Challengers Bangalore Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Sophie Devine - 0.6 ov), 2-14 (Smriti Mandhana - 1.3 ov), 3-43 (Ellyse Perry - 6.1 ov), 4-60 (Heather Knight - 8.6 ov), 5-120 (Kanika Ahuja - 16.4 ov)

Playing XI

Royal Challengers Bangalore Women: Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Heather Knight, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Shreyanka Patil, Kanika Ahuja, Megan Schutt, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Singh, Disha Kasat

UP Warriorz Women: Alyssa Healy (captain & wicket-keeper), Devika Vaidya, Kiran Navgire, Tahlia McGrath, Deepti Sharma, Grace Harris, Shweta Sehrawat, Simran Shaikh, Sophie Ecclestone, Anjali Sarvani, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Match Details

Date - 2023-03-15 14:00:00

Venue - Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai

Toss - Royal Challengers Bangalore Women elected to bowl

Umpires - Madanagopal Kuppuraj (India), Sanjay Kumar Singh (India), Nitin Pandit (India TV),

Match Referee - GS Lakshmi (India)

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